Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 1933

"You're insane. Get off me!" Andrew shoved Hannah off with force, sending her stumbling and nearly falling to the ground.

"Andrew…" Hannah's attempt had failed, and now all she felt was humiliation and rage.

Andrew stared at her coldly. "Hannah, are you out of your mind? Don't you feel disgusted with yourself, pulling cheap stunts like this?"

Hannah gritted her teeth. "Andrew, are you seriously going to act like you don't want to sleep with me? I'm young, beautiful! I'm the daughter of the Keller family, and I have status; I'm from a respectable background. I'll have you know, I've got men lining up for me."

She added, "If I so much as hint at it, trust me, a whole bunch of scions would be begging to kiss my feet."

Andrew gave a cold laugh. "So what? You think that makes you special? Desirable? Too bad. I'm just not interested. This ends here. Don't ever pull something like this again."

With that, Andrew turned and started to leave, face stone cold.

"Stop! You're not leaving!" Hannah yelled, stepping in front of him with her arms spread.

"Andrew, I was wrong. I shouldn't have acted so shamelessly in front of you. Can we be together? Be my boyfriend, please! I promise I'll behave, I'll do whatever you say."

Since seduction did not work, she flipped to a pitiful act. Her voice trembled, eyes brimming with tears like she were auditioning for a drama.

At this point, Andrew stopped trying to hide his disgust. "Hannah, you must be delusional to think that you're girlfriend material. You think I'm that desperate? That I'm lacking women and dying for you?"

Hannah's voice cracked. "I know you've got plenty of women around you, but can't I just be one of them? Andrew, my reputation's in shambles. A lot of people look down on me now!"

She added, "If you'd just be with me, it could fix all that. Help me restore my image. People would start respecting me again, because I'd be Andrew's woman, the Keller family's daughter."

Andrew scoffed. "If you want others to respect you, start by respecting yourself. There's no shame in messing up, Hannah. But if you want to stand tall again, you have to rely on yourself. There's no shortcut."

Hannah begged, "Andrew, please. I'm asking you to just give me a chance, okay? Let me be your woman. Help me move on from that nightmare with Hank. You like my dad, and my Logan too, don't you? Then think of this as a way to repay the Keller family for being kind to you!"

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